The Anthropology of Power: Empowerment and Disempowerment in Changing Structures

Description: The Anthropology of Power by Angela Cheater The Anthropology of Power presents case studies from a range of societies and discusses what is actually happening when people talk about empowering others. The contributors question whether power is actually being transferred to the powerless, or whether this is a delusion. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Anthropology of Power presents case studies from a wide range of societies and discusses what is actually happening when people talk about empowering others. The contributors question whether power is actually being transferred to the powerless, or whether this is a delusion. This collection draws on ethnographic material from Europe, the Middle East, Austalasia, Africa and the Americas exploring how traditionally disempowered groups gain influence in postcolonial and multicultural settings, from civil war to new communication technologies, from religious imperialism to transnational mining investments. It surveys the relationships between empowerment and economic development, gender and environmentalism. The contributors confront post-Foucauldian theoretical issues on the nature, distribution and balance of power, and ask whether the rhetoric of empowerment actually masks a lack of change in established power relations. Madawi Al-Rasheed, Kings College, London, Colin Filer, National Research Institute, Papua New Guinea, Rudo Gaidzanwa, University of Zimbabwe, Ngapare Hopa, University of A Back Cover This book uses ethnographic analysis to examine the issues surrounding power and empowerment. It presents material from Europe, the Middle East, Australasia, Canada and Colombia to explore how traditionally disempowered groups gain influence in postcolonial or multicultural settings.It also examines how power relates to economic development, gender and environmentalism. This is a wide ranging international collection featuring contributors from the UK, Portugal, Iceland, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canada, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Author Biography Angela Cheater is the author of a number of influential books in social anthropology, including Social Anthropology: An Alternative Introduction (1986). She has taught social anthropology at the universities of Natal, Zimbabwe, Cape Town and Waikato. Table of Contents 1 Power in the postmodern era 2 Empowering ambiguities 3 The discursive space of schooling: on the theories of power and empowerment in multiculturalism and anti-racism 4 Father did not answer that question: power, gender and globalisation in Europe 5 The reach of the postcolonial state: development, empowerment/disempowerment and technocracy 6 The guardians of power: biodiversity and multiculturality in Colombia 7 The dialectics of negation and negotiation in the anthropology of mineral resource development in Papua New Guinea 8 Land and re-empowerment: The Waikato case 9 Indigenisation as empowerment? Gender and race in the empowerment discourse in Zimbabwe 10 Exploitation after Marx 11 Evading state control: political protest and technology in Saudi Arabia 12 Authority versus power: a view from social anthropology 13 Speaking truth to power? Some problems using ethnographic methods to influence the formulation of housing policy in South Africa 14 Machiavellian empowerment and disempowerment: the violent political changes in early seventeenth-century Ethiopia Details ISBN0415193885 Short Title ANTHROPOLOGY OF POWER Pages 224 Language English ISBN-10 0415193885 ISBN-13 9780415193887 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 303.3 Series Number 36 Year 1999 Imprint Routledge Subtitle Empowerment and Disempowerment in Changing Structures Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Illustrations Author Angela Cheater Edition 1st DOI 10.1604/9780415193887 UK Release Date 1999-02-18 AU Release Date 1999-02-18 NZ Release Date 1999-02-18 Edited by Angela Cheater Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series ASA Monographs Publication Date 1999-02-18 Alternative 9780415193894 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134412977;

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